While many believe the housing market has turned a corner, Yale housing guru Robert Shiller isn’t so sure. Shiller tells Bloomberg that while short-term indicators are up, that also happened…
Five Retail Picks for the Gurus
In his latest column for Forbes.com, Validea CEO John Reese says that the U.S. consumer is continuing to show resilience despite economic fears, and that has helped create some big…
Ritholtz's 10 Trends To Watch
Barry Ritholtz of FusionIQ and The Big Picture blog recently offered his “10 Trends to Watch in Finance for 2013”, and among them is “The death of buy-and-hold has been…
Sonders: Housing Recovery Should Continue -- And Help Labor Market
Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders — whose calls on both housing and the economy have been quite accurate over the long term — says housing should continue…
Model That Predicted Rebound Now Sees Slightly Subpar Returns Ahead
Mark Robertson, whose market projections have been quite accurate over the past four years, says the next four years are likely to be slightly below average for the stock market.…
O'Shaughnessy: Focus On The Numbers, Not The Headlines
Quantitative investing guru James O’Shaughnessy says investors should “completely ignore” the headlines and buy stocks. “You should completely ignore them,” O’Shaughnessy said of headlines on The Wall Street Journal’s Markets…
El-Erian: End May Be Near For "New Normal"
When the financial crisis of 2008-09 hit, bond giant PIMCO was quick to say that the U.S. had entered a “New Normal” of slow growth, high unemployment, and debt woes. Now,…
Hyman, Stattman On What To Expect In 2013
Two top strategists — ISI Group’s Ed Hyman (who has long been ranked Wall Street’s top analyst) and Blackrock fund manager Dennis Stattman — are sounding somewhat bullish on stocks…
Nygren: Stocks Best Place for Long-Term
Top fund manager Bill Nygren of Oakmark says he thinks stocks are “easily the best alternative out there for long-term money”. Nygren tells CNBC that with stocks yielding more than…
Pabrai: U.S. Economy Will Surprise
Hedge fund manager Mohnish Pabrai thinks the economy is going to fare much better than many people think heading into 2013. “I think that people are going to be surprised…